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The Northern Watersan area stretching from Scandinavia to northeastern Canadais one of the world's most important maritime regions, both economically and strategically. In these essays, international experts look at the potential resources an...

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A guide to classical names and references in English poetry, from Chaucer to the twentieth century.

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The first comprehensive critical study of the work of Fanny Burney. Living in a world where male supremacy was unchallenged, Burney pioneered the 'women's novel' by presenting a distinctively female perspective in English fiction. T...

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Discussion of the British theatre tends to focus on "the West End Theatre" which emerged in the late nineteenth century. In Other Theatres, Andrew Davies provides a lively introduction to the important tradition of alternative and experi...

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1986 is the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of A. J. Ayer's Language, Truth and Logic, which is commonly considered one of the most influential books in twentieth-century philosophy. These essays offer a comprehensive appraisal of the...

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Contents: 1. Worldwide Maritime Boundary Delimitation: The State of Play, Gerald H. Blake; 2. Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries: Emergent Legal Principles and Problems, Patricia Birnie; 3. Straight and Archipelagic Baselines, J.R.V. Prescott; 4....

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Beginning with a clear-cut review of the major economic schools, this book systematically studies the strengths and weaknesses in Marx's Capital proposes original solutions to the issues of value, labor and crises. The author thus provides an...

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The first comprehensive study of this major Canadian author to be informed by feminist critical theory. Dr. Rigney examines Atwood's poetry, fiction and critical essays, as well as her artistic and political views, and affirms their relevance...

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Now a standard text on the region, this work provides an up-to-date geographical study of South America. By restricting its scope to this area, the book gives fuller coverage to the countries of the subcontinent than do previous studies that deal ...

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The book traces the development of Pinter's female characters both as dramatis personae and as theatrical functionaries. It explores a new exciting aspect of Pinter's work in the domain of character portrayal, and it supplies a kaleidosc...

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Nearly all writers on morality, including philosophers, have had something to sellif only a partisan picture of what morality is. In this book the author sets out to examine and clarify the nature of morality from a strictly neutral standpoint and...

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This book sets out to present Kant as a theological thinker. His critical philosophy was not only destructive of "natural" theology, with its attempt to prove devine existence by logical argument, it also left no room for "revelatio...

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This is a detailed textual and critical study of all Yeats's important autobiographical prose, concentrating on the book ^IAutobiographies but considering other texts as well. Contents: Introduction; John Sherman and^R The Speckled Bird; Reve...

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The purpose of this comprehensive study is to subject W. Somerset Maugham's total output to a closer scrutiny than has been attempted before. From John Whitehead's survey it emerges that certain assumptions that have arisen concerning Ma...

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This is the story of one of the richest archaeological finds of all times: a ship containing the treasure of a king who was probably the last of the pagan rulers of East Anglia. This unique collection, now largely restored and displayed in a place...

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Contents: Introduction, Peter Clark and David Souden; Vagrants and vagrancy in England, 1598-1664, Paul A. Slack; Patterns of migration and movement of labour to three pre-industrial East Anglian towns, John Patten; Neighbourhood migration in earl...

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This is a penetrating study of the striking parallels between the work of Scottish novelist Neil Gunn and Eastern thought, particularly those of Zen Buddhism and Taoism. All of his books are crucially concerned with man's archetypal quest for wisd...

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The role and conduct of macroeconomic policy is examined in the light of recent developments in theory. The first part of the book is concerned with the debate about the nature and causes of unemployment and inflation. The second section investiga...

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Over the past one hundred years, a body of historical knowledge and writing has been built up which has sought to explain and describe the unique configuration of South African Society. In the historical evolution of this society prominence and so...

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Over recent years the House of Lords has become more prominent in the business of government, with Mrs. Thatcher suffering some of her worst parliamentary setbacks at the hands of peers. This full-length study of the House analyzes its contemporar...

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Taking as his starting point the rising grain and oil prices of the 1970s, the author explores the patterns of trade and development before and after the breaking of the 'long wave.' He makes a distinction between advanced and developing...

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Irish affairs have been overshadowed by the British presence, and Anglo-Irish relations have usually been seen as central to Irish history. However, the wider continental influence on Ireland has been very considerable and has been unjustly neglec...

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This book breaks new ground in the exploration of research methods in human geography. In recent years, there has been a reorientation away from established methods, with a heavy emphasis on quantitative analysis, toward more qualitative approache...

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